Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Taylor, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Alford Taylor registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Alford Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Taylor
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 14
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Anderson County
- Benjamin Taylorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Charles Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Cupid Taylorborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Edwards Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1836
- Heinston Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
Taylors elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 6 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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